Love is under pressure.

In a system that is governed by the imperative to enjoy, love becomes the casualty. Capitalism’s perpetual promise of a better tomorrow, its insistence that fulfillment is always just around the corner, forecloses the possibility of love itself. In its place falling in love, falling out of love, rise to prominence, sustaining the circulation the system depends upon.

In this issue, we explore the concept of love and its persistence within a world seemingly intent on making it disappear.